Wagon end-gate



(No Model.)

' H. S. GRABTREE.

v WAG-0N END GATE; E0.-335,685. Patented Feb. 9, 1886.

UNITED STATES ()riuen.

HAMILTON S. CRABTREE, OF ANNA, ILLINOIS.

WAGON END-GATE.

EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,685, dated February 9, 1886.

Application filed December 2, 1885. Serial No. 184,476.

To all whom itmay concern.-

Beit known that I, HAMILTON S. ORABTREE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Anna, in the county of Union and State of Illinois, haveinven'ted certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon End- Gates; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention is an improvement in wagon end-gates; and it consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the several parts, as hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a side View of the device. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, one side of the gate being broken away. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the gate. Fig. at is a side view of the wagonbody with the gate removed, and Fig. 5 is a detail view of the end of the gate.

A is the wagon-body. At its lower rear corner it is provided with a guidesupport, B, for the end-gate. This guide-support is secured directly to the wagon-body, as shown. It extends slightly beyond the rear end of the wagon body, and is provided with an inwardly-projected flange, I), along its edge. The support has a lower extension, I), and a continuation of the flange I) extends along the lower edge of this extension on the inside. The outereorners ofthe guide-support are rounded,as shown,the advantage of which will hereinafter appear.

I secure to the end of the wagon-body a keeper-frame, C, which is fprovided with two keepers, 0 0 as shown. A spring, D, is secured upon the keeper 0, and is provided on its inner side with a pin, D, which passes through a perforation in the keeper 0, as will be understood, and engages suitable perforations in the side plate of the end-gate, as will be hereinafter explained.

The keeper-frame consists of avertical portion, 0, arranged along the rear edge of the wagon-body, and the quadrangular portion a, which extends forward and downward from the upper end of the vertical position. The end-gate E is provided with the supporting plates F, which are secured directly to the rear (No model.)

side of the end-gate, and bent at right angles to pass through the keepers O G, as shown in Fig. 1. The portion F of the supporting-plate is quadrangular in form, as shown, and is pro vided near its curved edge with aseries of per provided at the lower edge of this supportingplate and passes back of the flange 1), working between said flange and the wagon-body.

It will be understood that the construction of both sides of the end-gate is the same, while for convenience I have shown and described the improvements as applied to one side only.

The operation of my end-gate will be readily understood. Vhen the several parts are in the position shown in full' lines, Fig. 1, the pins Gserve as pivots upon which the end-gate maybe swung out to the position indicated by the light dotted lines, when the pin D will engage the slot f Upon reference to Fig. 5 it will be seen that the slot f lies almost entirely without the plane of the circle described by the perforations f, and it will then be understood that the end-gate will drop to the position indicated by the heavy dotted lines. When the endgate is in this position, it will be on a level with the floor of the wagon, the'advantage of which is manifest. By releasing the pin D from engagement with the slot f 2 and swinging the gate farther outward, it will depend from the supports- B, being suspended by the pins 1 G resting on the flanges b. It can be entirely removed by simply slidingthe pins G backward on the flanges b. The rounded corners of the supports aid perceptibly in the operation of the device, as will be obvious from the foregoing.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patout, is-

1. The combination of the end-gate having a quadrangular side plate provided with a series of perforations near its curved edge and a slot in its lower corner in the line of the ra-' dius of the said plate, the wagon-body pro Its lower forvided with akeeper-frame having two keepers, with a supporting-plate having pins secured at within which the quadrangular plate works, their lower edges,which rest upon the flanges of and a spring secured on one of the keepers, the guide-supports, substantially as specified.

provided with a pin which engages the perfo- In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in 5 rations in the quadrangular plate, substantialpresence of two witnesses.

1y as set forth.

HAMILTON S. ORABTREE.

2. The combination of the wagon-body, having guide-supports for the end-gate secured at Witnesses:

its lower rear corners,provided with inwardly- GEORGE R. ST. JOHN, 1o projected flanges, and the end-gate provided D. W. 'LEYOOLE. 

